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A poignant memoir of loss and reestablishment

About the Author

Among Kate Millett's other books are Flying Sita, The Basement, and The Loony Bin Trip. Millett is a founder of the Women's Art Colony in Poughkeepsie, New York. She also lives in New York City.

Reviews

A confession of a daughter. An extraordinarily rich and sensitive narrative, like a good wine.
*Yoko Ono*

As young activists search for ways to define their own movements, Kate Millett contributes a novel idea: Think outside yourself and fight for your mother's, or father's-or grandmother's or grandfather's-rights. Eventually, they will be your own.
*The Nation*

This work, a meditation on both the perils of mother-daughter love and old age, is perhaps her warmest and most universal to date.
*Independent*

One of the Best Books of 2001: Written in compelling prose, this poignant memoir of her mother's final years and the writer's struggle to face losing the most influential person in her life reestablishes Millet as a major American literary voice ... An essential purchase.
*Library Journal*

Mother Millett captures the strength of the bond that overcomes conflicts that inevitably arise between two fiercely independent women, particularly when they are mother and daughter.
*Bloomsbury Review*

You'll argue with Kate Millett as you read along, but only because she's succeeded in making you think.
*Gay and Lesbian Review*

No, it doesn't make for a soothing bedtime read. But imagine the person who could write serenely and soothingly about such an experience-what sort of person would that be? Of course, one could choose not to write the book at all. But this is stuff we need to know.
*Women's Review of Books*

Millett's book captures the experience of a parent's old age remarkably well, with a strength and grace of which Mother Millet could be proud.
*Washington Post Book World*